African-American Civil Rights Movement
Archive on 4. The Ballads of Emmett Till. Audio, 57 minutes
Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. His death still haunts America.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted16 August 2018
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- Posted22 July 2018
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- Posted24 May 2018
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- Posted24 May 2018
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- Posted21 May 2018
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- Posted23 April 2018
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- Posted13 April 2018
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- Posted4 April 2018
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- Posted27 March 2018
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- Posted27 March 2018
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- Posted23 March 2018
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- Posted5 March 2018
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- Posted2 March 2018
The Essay. To the Barricades! Race. Audio, 14 minutes
Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that influenced the events of 1968.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Soul Music. Series 26, Songs of the Civil Rights Movement. Audio, 45 minutes
Actor Clarke Peters tells the stories of the songs behind the civil rights movement.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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In Our Time. Frederick Douglass. Audio, 52 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Compass. America, Laboratory of Democracy, America Laboratory of Democracy: Insurgent Nation. Audio, 27 minutes
The insurgent popular movements that changed America's democracy
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Compass. Soul Music: A Change is Gonna Come. Audio, 27 minutes
Sam Cooke's song became synonymous with the American civil rights movement
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Great Lives. Peaches Golding on Shirley Chisholm. Audio, 30 minutes
Peaches Golding OBE, nominates African American politician Shirley Chisholm.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. Black and White, Messrs Smith and Carlos and Norman. Audio, 15 minutes
Lindsay Johns explains the inspiration he draws from a black and white photo at his desk.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Sunday Feature. Langston Hughes at the Third. Audio, 45 minutes
How an unlikely friendship led to Harlem poet Langston Hughes' epic 1964 BBC radio series.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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